Adaptation of connective tissue, supporting cells and dorsal root and cranial nerve ganglion cells organize into complexes that detect various forms of energy.

• Adaptation of connective tissue, supporting cells and dorsal root and cranial nerve ganglion cells organize into complexes that detect various forms of energy.

• In the contact domain, pressure of varying strengths are detected by a range of different structured organs: Light touch (dome and Meisners corpuscles and hair follicle receptors), deep pressure (Pacinian corpuscles).